Legion, Season 3

Exterminate all rational thought

So very very good (especially because I had just being NG: Evangelion!).

Given the general makeup of these boards, I will say this-

If you have seen Legion, and you have liked it, then what are you waiting for?

If you have seen Legion (season 1) and you didn't like it ... you're not going to.

But if you haven't seen Legion .... hoo boy. The first comic book I ever read that really got me thinking was a copy of New Mutants where they went into David Haller's mind, so this show has a special place for me.

There are times when the show's substance can't keep up with its style, but only because it may be the most stylish thing on television, but if you haven't given it a chance, you need to watch it.

But you have to start with the first season. It's hard enough to follow if you've watched it all the way through, and if you just start on season three, it will look like a bad acid trip.

Exterminate all rational thought

Aubrey Plaza was, as usual, amazing, and the Mad Hatter scene (as the Breakfast Queen, natch) was both gratuitous and necessary.

But I give ALL OF THE STARZ for this episode to Cary. Bill Irwin did such an amazing job during the "escape" that I assumed it was editing, or CGI, or CGI editing, or something. But no, he really did that next-level Buster Keaton stuff. I can't even. I was so amazed, I watched it again this morning.

Finally, on the serious note-

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So, yeah. The scene between David and Syd? Oof. It shows that in the midst of all the crazies and the stylez and everything else, there is a lot of story going on. That was powerful, and necessary. A lot to unpack there.

Side observations-
David casually mind controlling Lenny? Yep. That happened.

Farouk and Syd's conversation. Everyone remember's that Farouk ... um, the whole Prof. X thing, etc. That is not going to go well.

Explorer

I have loved the entire run of Legion start to finish and during most of the 2nd and 3rd season episodes one of us in the room would end up saying "this is the best thing I have seen in FOREVER."

You can see the influences, particularly David Lynch. The difference though, is that David Lynch often goes weird and forgets that there's an interesting story to tell and that isn't true for Legion. With Legion, I felt like all of the weirdness would pay off and it definitely did. You can't feel like that with Lynch because he just wanders around and then suddenly stops.

That finish to Twin Peaks, for example, made me wish I wouldn't have bothered with any of it. Eyerolls all around.

A Wicked Kendragon

A satisfying ending seems to be luxury these days, and I am happy that Legion got one. It's one of those shows where I really could not have imagined how they were going to accomplish it. And yet they did.

Adventurer

I watched the season finale, too. It was satisfying, it did a few things I didn't expect, and a few things I don't necessarily like, but overall I was happy with the result.
Legion as a whole was pretty wonderful show. It is strange and weird, in a very entertaining way that keeps me wanting for more. It feels like an enriching experience, something you might not want every show to be, but you definitely don't want to miss having experienced. (Kinda the O.A. was for me, too, even if that is on many other levels very different)

Explorer

This show was a mindblower, like atomic level mindblower. Every episode it felt like pieces of the gears in my mind were snapping off and falling into my brain. I do not remember one episode that did not make me think I was lucid dreaming for a bit.